James Timothy McCarver was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1959 to 1980, most prominently as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals where, he was a two-time All-Star player and a member of two World Series winning teams, and finished second in voting for the 1967 National League (NL) Most Valuable Player Award.
In 2012, McCarver received the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award, given annually to a broadcaster for “major contributions to baseball.” He was also inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2016 and the Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2017.
Who was Steve Carlton’s favorite catcher?
Lefty and Tim is the dual biography of Hall of Fame pitcher Steve “Lefty” Carlton and catcher Tim McCarver, detailing their relationship from 1965, when they played with the St. Louis Cardinals, through 1980, when they played for the Philadelphia Phillies. Along the way McCarver became Carlton’s personal catcher, and together they became the best battery in baseball in the mid-to-late 1970s.
